093_SB1401enr SB1401 Enrolled LRB093 10609 MKM 10893 b 1 AN ACT concerning taxes. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The Department of Public Health Powers and 5 Duties Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is 6 amended by adding Section 2310-373 as follows: 7 (20 ILCS 2310/2310-373 new) 8 Sec. 2310-373. The Asthma and Lung Research Fund. There 9 is created in the State treasury the Asthma and Lung Research 10 Fund. Subject to appropriation, the Department must make 11 grants from the fund for the Asthma Clinical Research Program 12 administered by the American Lung Association. 13 Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding 14 Section 5.95 as follows: 15 (30 ILCS 105/5.95) 16 Sec. 5.95. The Asthma and Lung Research Fund. 17 Section 15. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 18 adding Section 507Y as follows: 19 (35 ILCS 5/507Y new) 20 Sec. 507Y. Asthma and Lung Research checkoff. The 21 Department must print on its standard individual income tax 22 form a provision indicating that if the taxpayer wishes to 23 contribute to the Asthma and Lung Research Fund, as 24 authorized by this amendatory Act of the 93rd General 25 Assembly, he or she may do so by stating the amount of the 26 contribution (not less than $1) on the return and that the 27 contribution will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase SB1401 Enrolled -2- LRB093 10609 MKM 10893 b 1 the amount of payment to accompany the return. Failure to 2 remit any amount of increased payment reduces the 3 contribution accordingly. This Section does not apply to an 4 amended return. 5 Section 20. The Illinois Income Tax Act is amended by 6 changing Sections 509 and 510 as follows: 7 (35 ILCS 5/509) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-509) 8 Sec. 509. Tax checkoff explanations. All individual 9 income tax return forms shall contain appropriate 10 explanations and spaces to enable the taxpayers to designate 11 contributions to the following funds: the Child Abuse 12 Prevention Fund,tothe Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund 13 (as required by the Illinois Non-Game Wildlife Protection 14 Act),tothe Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund (as required 15 by the Alzheimer's Disease Research Act),tothe Assistance 16 to the Homeless Fund (as required by this Act),tothe Penny 17 Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund,tothe 18 National World War II Memorial Fund,tothe Prostate Cancer 19 Research Fund, the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,and to20 the Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library Fund, and 21 the Asthma and Lung Research Fund. 22 Each form shall contain a statement that the 23 contributions will reduce the taxpayer's refund or increase 24 the amount of payment to accompany the return. Failure to 25 remit any amount of increased payment shall reduce the 26 contribution accordingly. 27 If, on October 1 of any year, the total contributions to 28 any one of the funds made under this Section do not equal 29 $100,000 or more, the explanations and spaces for designating 30 contributions to the fund shall be removed from the 31 individual income tax return forms for the following and all 32 subsequent years and all subsequent contributions to the fund SB1401 Enrolled -3- LRB093 10609 MKM 10893 b 1 shall be refunded to the taxpayer. 2 (Source: P.A. 91-104, eff. 7-13-99; 91-107, eff. 7-13-99; 3 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-833, eff. 1-1-01; 91-836, eff. 4 1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, eff. 5 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 8-6-02; revised 1-2-03.) 6 (35 ILCS 5/510) (from Ch. 120, par. 5-510) 7 Sec. 510. Determination of amounts contributed. The 8 Department shall determine the total amount contributed to 9 each of the following: the Child Abuse Prevention Fund, the 10 Illinois Wildlife Preservation Fund, the Assistance to the 11 Homeless Fund, the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund, the 12 Penny Severns Breast and Cervical Cancer Research Fund, the 13 National World War II Memorial Fund, the Prostate Cancer 14 Research Fund, the Multiple Sclerosis Assistance Fund,and15 the Korean War Veterans National Museum and Library Fund, and 16 the Asthma and Lung Research Fund; and shall notify the State 17 Comptroller and the State Treasurer of the amounts to be 18 transferred from the General Revenue Fund to each fund, and 19 upon receipt of such notification the State Treasurer and 20 Comptroller shall transfer the amounts. 21 (Source: P.A. 91-104, eff. 7-13-99; 91-107, eff. 7-13-99; 22 91-833, eff. 1-1-01; 91-836, eff. 1-1-01; 92-84, eff. 7-1-02; 23 92-198, eff. 8-1-01; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 92-772, eff. 24 8-6-02.) 25 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 26 becoming law.